What is life?

Many a time have i asked this well-asked question -
and many a time have i pondered over the answers...
and as time passes i ask it still -
and often ponder over the answers still...
for ones outlook on life changes -
as one goes through the challenges in life...

I've seen the beautiful moments in life -
and have also been through the dregs and hiccups in life...
i've been to places that i love -
and met beautiful people that i have grown to love...
i've tried my best to do what i feel is right -
and to change what i think i can and might...

I've learnt to swallow my pride and pour out my feelings -
i've learnt to not just say what is right...
but to thresh out all the wrongs, with all my feelings -
and all my might, just to put them right...
i've also tried to reason out and talk over what is wrong or right -
as i believe there's a way to make everything alright...

Thus, i've come to realise that all my wisdom and my might -
come with a patient, understanding and forgiving heart...
and that i've come to join the respected elite clubbe -
i've reached that golden age of the old and wise...
i've come a long way to achieve that status, at last:
of being experienced, thoughtful and mindful of others: wise...

Loving Life and the Little Little Things that i Can Do

Yes, there are many, many things that i can do -
now that i've attained that age of respected 'maturity'
now that my graying brows are showing beneath the graying hair -
telling the world that i've attained that covetted 'Age of Respect'...
and speaking to young teachers embarking on a long life of helping others -
i feel the respect due as they look upon my graying hair and graying brows...

For when one has attained that age of being close to 60 -
one is expected to be (and no doubt should be) 'older and wiser'...
and if others don't listen when one is 20 or 30 - they'll listen now -
when one is graying at the temples - at 58, coming on to 60...
and if one lonely shrill voice was not heard at 25 or 35 - it will be now -
now that that one voice is backed by thousands of maturing young 'fans'...

So, i'll do what i can, for as long as i can - and spread this legacy:
the feeling of joy when loving others before oneself, and giving unreservedly...